Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineturned Rom ( Max Grodénchik ) into a very dissimilar type of Ferengi to his brother Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) . WhenDS9began , Rom was a fairly distinctive Ferengi , who was obsess with profit and coveted the Browning automatic rifle have by his brother . Quark treat Rom terribly , and the poor Ferengi became something of a punching traveling bag in his early appearances . However , while Rom began as a peripheralStar Trek : Deep Space Ninecharacter , he became a hugely authoritative character , who would go on to forge the future of the Ferengi inStar Trek .
Throughoutseven season ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , Rom became a better founding father to Nog ( Aron Eisenberg ) , a stud husband to Leeta ( Chase Masterson ) , a skilled engineer , and finally ascended to the position of Grand Nagus . Rom ’s stratospheric rise began inDS9season 2 , in an episode that ’s largely about the relationship between Constable Odo ( Rene Auberjonois ) and Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) . InStar Trek : DS9season 2 , installment 8 , " Necessary Evil " , Quark is almost stamp out , draw Rom to face up the very real possibleness that he ’ll finally inherit the bar . It ’s in Rom ’s response to this twist of events thatDS9began to set him up as a different type of Ferengi .
Star Trek come back to Ferenginar for the first time since Deep Space Nine , and greatly enlarge Ferengi culture and the lives of DS9 ’s Leeta and Rom .
DS9 Made Rom Into A New Kind Of Ferengi To Escape Quark’s Shadow
" Necessary iniquity " is the first episode ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nineto suggest that Rom is actually more intelligent than his buddy . While Quark arguably has the superior business concern insightfulness , Rom ’s creative solutions to breaking into Vaatrik ’s pharmacist suggest that he ’s a mo of an engineering genius . Quark is far too horrified by what Rom ’s ability to let out lock means for his own profits to know his crony ’s virtuoso , but it ’s the first hint of Rom ’s late life history change .
Rom was the third Ferengi that Max Grodenchik had toy inStar Trek , having previously played Sovak and Par Lenor in theStar Trek : The Next Generationepisodes " Captain ’s Holiday " and " The Perfect Mate " .
InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 , Rom joined the maintenance squad oversee by Chief Miles O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) , and at long last turned his back on his dream of inherit Quark ’s legal community . It was an statement of Rom ’s considerable skills outdoors of earning a net , and brought him more in pedigree with his trailblazing Word Nog , the first Ferengi to join Starfleet . However , it ’s surprising that Rom ’s reversion took so long , given that he was already impel to confront the hypothesis of running Quark ’s Bar after the assay slaying of his brother in season 2 .
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Max Grodenchik Believes 1 Star Trek: DS9 Episode Was Key To Rom’s Character
Discussing Rom ’s lineament growing inCaptains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyagesby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , Max Grodénchik single out " Necessary evilness " as a all important turn item for Rom inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Read Max Grodénchik ’s quote below :
“ I think Rom is shoot between both side of meat of that – being a good brother and desire the bar . He is very conflicted , and I imagine that is a estimable matter . We are all conflicted about something . It is more sophisticated and true to life sentence than just enunciate Rom just desire the bar ”
The nuance that author Peter Allan Fields commit to Rom in " Necessary immorality " is indicative of howStar Trek : Deep Space Ninefixed the Ferengi . There ’s no character growth to be had for Rom if he ’s only Quark ’s successor - in - waiting . The hints of Rom ’s difference in " Necessary Evil " show that Quark ’s brother was run afoul about taking over his brother ’s barroom . By hinting at his skills as an engineer in the very same instalment , Star Trek : Deep Space Ninewas have Rom a way forward to escape Quark ’s phantom and retrieve happiness beyond the persistent pursuit of profit .
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
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Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also known as DS9 , is the fourth series in the long - running Sci - Fi enfranchisement , Star Trek . DS9 was produce by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and star Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This special series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor .
